[DoodleBob]

[crusty old prospector]

I wear some on my head daily.

[fidelis]

I always call it “tin foil.” I know that it isn’t made out of tin, of course, but it always gets a cute eye-roll and smirk from Mrs. fidelis.

[bigbob]

But nobody says “aluminum foil hat”

[AnotherUnixGeek]

struggling people throughout history (and in less-affluent nations today) would be shocked we spend so much time, wealth, and effort making life costlier and more difficult. Obsessing over plastic bag use, gas stoves, electric vehicles, fish ladders, nearly immeasurable pollutants, and cow emissions

I'm not struggling, but I'm shocked about it right now.

[anton]

Sam’s Club has 18” wide heavy duty foil. I can waste it even faster.

[Ransomed]

“Americans are so used to our unparalleled abundance that we don’t pause and appreciate what this means in the context of human existence.”

We now have a society where the poorest are the most likely to be obese and the rich the most likely to be thin. It sounds like some dystopian sci-fi story but we made it a reality in our society.

Freegards

[Qwapisking]

gotta say....foil makes the BEST hats ever!

[aquila48]

“Americans are so used to our unparalleled abundance that we don’t pause and appreciate what this means in the context of human existence.”

It’s the disease called AFFLUENZA. It causes you to not appreciate how well you have it and who made it possible.

The final stage of the disease is you will have nothing.

[P.O.E.]

Grandparents used to say “tin foil”, as well as “icebox”, and “Victrola”.

[Fido969]

Aluminum foil is VERY thin. It makes a terrific shim for close work.

[GOPJ]

These are results of a relatively free society and relatively free trade. They stem from human ingenuity—and that much-maligned profit motive. If it weren't for the chance to profit, no one would take the time to sew together a seat or ship it across the globe. I wouldn't have written this piece. We'd be living lives that are "nasty, brutish and short," as Thomas Hobbes wrote in "Leviathan."

Excellent post - thanks for sharing.

[jonrick46]

Nothing beats foil wrapped wild Sockeye Salmon with olive oil, lemon juice and Pike Place “Our Own Rub.” In the BBQ I poke a few slashes on the top to take in the smoke from the apple wood over the only burner I have on, at the right. A wireless temperature probe through the thickest part monitors for a perfect 125 degrees.

[ifinnegan]

Good article. People are clueless, especially, leftists, progressives, anti-colonialists etc…

They think it’s magic.

[clearcarbon]

"The Modern Miracle of Cheap Aluminum Foil"

[imardmd1]

For material abundance, capitalism at the top, communism at the bottom.

[wintertime]

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